Baltimore city is expected to settle a lawsuit with a youth basketball referee who cried foul after he was assaulted by a coach and several spectators at a game at St. Frances Academy two years ago The Baltimore City Board of ...

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Dimensions Healthcare System has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that alleged the company denied a promotion to an employee because she took several months of maternity leave. The EEOC filed ...

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The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has reached a settlement with a former patient which includes an overhaul of sexual abuse protections in state-run hospitals and treatment facilities. The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, filed suit in 2014 after being sexually ...

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The Baltimore Board of Estimates is expected to approve a $100,000 settlement Wednesday to a woman who alleged she was wrongfully arrested outside of a nightclub in 2012 when police attempted to break up a fight. Cierra Brooks filed suit ...

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The Baltimore Board of Estimates on Wednesday is scheduled to consider a $150,000 settlement with a man who claimed he was dragged and beaten by police after a foot chase but never charged with a crime. Tiyon Williams was talking ...

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As part of a series of state and federal settlements reached in cases filed against Volkswagen after the company admitted last year that its “clean diesel” vehicles were designed to fool emissions tests, Volkswagen will pay about $10 billion to ...

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A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a police trainee who lost an eye after being accidentally shot during a training exercise and refused a $200,000 settlement offered to him by Baltimore city. Raymond Gray’s attorney, A. Dwight ...

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WASHINGTON — District of Columbia and U.S. authorities have settled the final lawsuit related to the arrests of hundreds of protesters during a 2002 demonstration against the World Bank. The Washington Post reports that authorities agreed to pay $2.8 million ...

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Ocean City has agreed to pay $275,000 to a Silver Spring man who alleged city police officers used excessive force after stopping him illegally and then failed to secure him with a seat belt in a transport van. A notice ...

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Baltimore’s Board of Estimates is set to vote Wednesday on a $145,000 settlement with the family of a man fatally shot by police in 2012. The wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of George B. Wells III was settled ...

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